John

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John is a masculine given name of Hebrew origin, widely used in English-speaking countries and borne by numerous historical and contemporary figures.

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Label Occurrences
John canonical 652

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Predicate Object
instanceOf given name
masculine given name
associatedWith Christian tradition
New Testament
category Biblical given names
English masculine given names
Theophoric names
commonIn Australia
Canada
English-speaking countries
Ireland
New Zealand
United Kingdom
United States of America
surface form: United States
etymologyFrom Greek Iōannēs
Hebrew Yochanan via Latin Iohannes
frequency very common given name in English-speaking countries
gender masculine
hasDiminutive Jack
Jackie
Jock
Johan
Johnny
hasNameDay various dates depending on country
hasOrigin Hebrew
surface form: Hebrew language

Hebrew name Yochanan
hasVariant Evan
Giovanni
Ian
Ioan
Ivan
Jan
Jean
Johan
Johanus
surface form: Johanis

Johannes
Jonathan
Juan
János
Seán
Shaun
Shawn
languageOfUse Afrikaans
Albanian
Arabic
Armenian
Basque
Belarusian
Breton
Bulgarian language
surface form: Bulgarian

Catalan
Croatian
Czech
Danish
Dutch
English
Estonian
Finnish
French
Galician language
surface form: Galician

Georgian
German
Greek
Hungarian
Icelandic
Indonesian
Irish
Italian
Latvian
Lithuanian
Macedonian
Maltese
Norwegian
Occitan
Persian
Polish
Portuguese language
surface form: Portuguese

Romanian
Russian
Scottish Gaelic
Serbian
Slovak language
surface form: Slovak

Slovene
Spanish
Swahili language
surface form: Swahili

Swedish
Tagalog
Turkish
Ukrainian
Welsh
meaning God is gracious
Yahweh is gracious
usedBy numerous contemporary figures
numerous historical figures

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Referenced by (652)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

John Napier givenName John
John Spratt givenName John
John Heydler givenName John
John Carlyle givenName John
John Clarke givenName John
English explorer John Davis givenName John
subject surface form: John Davis
Grandy hasGivenName John
subject surface form: John Grandy
John Adam givenName John
John P. Hale givenName John
Redfield givenName John
subject surface form: John Howard Redfield
John Koskinen givenName John
John Robarts givenName John
John Henry givenName John
John Walker givenName John
Jens equivalentTo John
John McLean givenName John
John Shaw Jr. givenName John
John Astin givenName John
Dickinson givenName John
subject surface form: John Dickinson
John Barnes givenName John
Stier hasGivenName John
subject surface form: John David Stier
John Cusack givenName John
John Slattery givenName John
John Toll givenName John
John Hawkins givenName John
Black Jack givenName John
subject surface form: John J. Pershing
John Breaux (as U.S. senator from Louisiana) givenName John
subject surface form: John Breaux
John Calipari givenName John
John Chaney givenName John
John Logan givenName John
John Wallis givenName John
John Tower givenName John
John Fisher givenName John